Start at Philadelphia's ornate City Hall and work your way outward, and before long you will enter pockets of poverty. The County Health Rankings provide tools to strengthen whole communities—like a Philadelphia project to counter high rates of heart disease.

New mobile apps will provide a rich source of research data on five diseases, from those who know their conditions best. The data will be collected and aggregated on a platform developed by an RWJF grantee, using a software framework developed by Apple.

Many parents believe that some types of drinks with added sugar—especially fruit drinks, sports drinks and flavored water—are healthy options for children. Nutritional claims on packages are important factors in purchases.

The Secret Life of a Great Recess

The Secret Life of a Great Recess

On a Playworks playground, all kids are engaged and having fun, while learning how to settle their own disagreements through play. They return to class from recess energized and ready to learn. Follow 4th grade student Kiani, who shows how recess has changed her Brooklyn elementary school and her own life, too.

The Secret Life of a Great Recess

On a Playworks playground, all kids are engaged and having fun, while learning how to settle their own disagreements through play. They return to class from recess energized and ready to learn. Follow 4th grade student Kiani, who shows how recess has changed her Brooklyn elementary school and her own life, too.

Williamson, W.Va., leads its state in obesity, hypertension and diabetes. But now, residents are working together, in some cases drawing in sectors not normally associated with health, to create a community in which good health is becoming an expectation.